Alexander Meier-Drzenbach on La bohme. For the first time, there will be a surprise free program with musicians from the opera productions as part of a "Festival Open Air" on two evenings, which will not only be about Wagner. It added extraneous characters and details (such as unscripted children of various characters), while ignoring many of Wagners intentions (there was no ring, no spear, no dragon, an intermittent sword and a halfhearted attempt at a Tarnhelm). But truth be told, the production entertains and the sets are pleasant to look at: a swimming pool for the opening scene, a vintage decorated mansion for the second and fourth scene, cars, guns, CCTV footage. Sixtus Beckmesser Johannes Martin Krnzle (Bo Skovhus 26.7.) The hall capacity will be 1925 seats. August 2022, fr klassik-begeistert.de und klassik-begeistert.at. Bayreuth Festival 2023 in Bavaria - Dates Best time to go to Bavaria Bayreuth Festival 2023 Feel the atmosphere of the most prestigious opera festival dedicated to a single composer-Richard Wagner Share Last updated: October 21, 2022 See all BoblyP Dates July 24-August 28, 2023 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Remind Me In addition to "Parsifal," the 2023 festival will present "The Ring of the Nibelung," "Tristan and Isolde," "Tannhuser" and "The Flying Dutchman. Does Fafner kill his brother Fasolt to keep the boy? Time to take a look at the myth behind the work. Bayreuther Festspiele GmbH Conductor Christian Thielemann Third Norn Kelly God And these measures turned out to produce a pure balanced sound where all the textures of his compositions are perfectly audible. Cornelius Meister (conductor), At Wagners Festival, a Dutchman Never Sails. Andrea Cozzi (designs) Nobody had done that on the stage before. In Siegfried, the unwrapping of the tightly bandaged Brnnhilde was a striking take on Siegfrieds moment of female discovery. . Balthasar Zorn Martin Homrich Even those, however, who discern some kind of return at the close will have wanted a little more for their money than a hasty, borderline-cynical return of dual umbilical chord babies on video, and, prior to that, of a swimming pool for the Rhine. It is with this gold that Alberich forges the magic ring after having renounced love and launches the epic battle that lasts four operas. 28.8. More information is available on the official website of the festival. Costumes by Andy Besuch. Elisabeth, Nichte des Landgrafen Lise Davidsen Bayreuth festival Valentin Schwarz's new staging of Wagner's epic has some thought-provoking moments, but few were sustainable and most were just distracting Martin Kettle @ martinkettle Mon 8. They take everything personally. Germany Bayreuth Festival 2022 - Wagner, Gtterdmmerung: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Allein schon (musik-)historisch hochinteressant, ist diese CD ein beeindruckendes Hrerlebnis und ffnet das Fenster in ein bewegtes, erschttertes 16. Lea-Ann Dunbar, Stephanie Houtzeel and Katie Stevenson portrayed the three Rhinemaidens. Anders Larsson studerade vid Kungliga Musikhgskolan i Stockholm (Master och Diplom) ren 1990-1997.. Karrir. August 22, 2022 16:00:00. They mostly sang in ensemble and their voices melded together beautifully, offering one great moment after another. Die Walkre The festival opened on Monday (July 25, 2022). We look forward to seeing you again in 2023, stay well! A girl, who may or may not be the same as one also marked out at the swimming pool, who in turn may or may not be the same as the one Erda a little later seemed keen to protect, seems at times to take on the mantle of the ring, although there is also from time to time a ring too (which, given generally dim lighting, most of us can barely see). It is the moment to which everything in the cycle has been leading, the moment when the tangled and dishonest world of the gods, in which the audience has been enmeshed across four operas and nearly 16 hours of music and drama, comes crashing down. He has written widely on intellectual, cultural, and musical history from the later seventeenth century to the present day. Hermann Ortel Raimund Nolte The Festspielorchester is probably the greatest orchestra playing Wagner and it really shows. Oksana Lyniv maked history this summer as the first woman to ever He is the author of Treacherous Bonds and Laughing Fire: Politics and Religion in Wagner's Ring (2006) and After Wagner: Histories of Modernist Music Drama from 'Parsifal' to Nono (2014). Tristan is inside the oval for his agony and hallucinations in Act three, but as soon as Isolde enters he jumps out of it and it fades to black. Alberichs Fluch auf die Liebe im Gegenzug frs Edelmetall - nur taucht es an diesem Abend gar nicht auf. Ergibt sie was? Avant-garde pioneer artist Mary Bauermeister has died, Belgian court paves way for Iran prisoner swap treaty, Palestinians in occupied West Bank live with uncertainty, Thousands of migrants have died in South Texas. The fact that the COVID pandemic is not yet over has become painfully apparent in Bayreuth. divisive production of Der Ring des Nibelungen. It makes you a little bit scared, and it's really quite terrifying." Wolfram von Eschenbach Markus Eiche There is no reason to think that the rest of the work will not follow in time. Home. As these final pages were reached in Valentin Schwarzs new Ring cycle at the Bayreuth festival, the conductor Cornelius Meister and the festival orchestra, in the concealed Bayreuth pit, were playing out of their skins as the score demanded. Christian Thielemann. Luis August Krawen, Bayreuth Festival Chorus (chorus master: Eberhard Friedrich) Meister created great moments of tension, such as during the crescendo of the prelude, where he kept increasing the depth and density of the sound while keeping an impossibly slow tempo. Throughout, Cummings - the festival director - kept a tight rein on the evening's stampede of emotions with his elegant direction from the harpsichord. A new production of Wagner's "The Ring of the Nibelung" at the Bayreuth Festival was called off for now. 2. Subversive: Die Walkre at Bayreuth festival. The orchestra and chorus of the festival sounded beautiful, strong, and full of emotion. 3 F-Dur op. With no grandeur, reduced to the essential: to experience his works as a celebration. Bayreuths audience is very passionate, and they express their approval/disapproval very loudly at the curtain calls. 28.7. Brnnhilde Irne Theorin Wotan - Egils SilinsDonner - Raimund NolteFroh - Attilio GlaserLoge - Daniel KirchFricka - Christa MayerFreia - Elisabeth TeigeErda - Okka von der DamerauAlb. The timbrical richness of Wagners orchestration was solid, but I consider that this interpretation relied strongly on the dynamics. Sie werden von diesem abgehalfterten Western-Desperado entfhrt, auf dass er sie zusammenpferchen und umerziehen kann. This is not a matter of highlighting contradictions, already existing or even newly created. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele), Siegfried Clay Hilley 1.8. and Rebroadcasts . The Bayreuth Festival 2022 25.7. Solist Klaus Florian Vogt, Parsifal Vorspiel Act 1 Poscher managed to dilate the time of each silence to the extreme, creating a strong effect of tension. The set is a big oval chamber with an open oval on the ceiling and a central oval on the floor.Through the open ceiling we bear witness to projections of weather changes, depending on the action of the opera. These bare stagings, where everything was done with lighting. Video Manuel Braun Bayreuth Festival Orchestra But the tremendously difficult task of a stage director is to find solutions to the scenes, not to ignore them, and create a parallel dramaturgy. 2,279 were here. Eingesprungen fr den an Corona erkrankten Dirigenten Pietari Inkinen ist Cornelius Meister. He designed a special distribution, in a staircase, of the instruments. The soprano seemed to be having unusually difficult times with the role anyway. A theatre created for a single composer: the Bayreuth Festival Theatre. Can it be sustained? Jens-ann Dunbar gave a timid interpretation of the giant Fasolt. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele), Hagen (Albert Dohmen) and Gunther (Michael Kupfer-Radecky). Of course, the heated atmosphere could also be symbolic of the current situation . It is not freely associating; indeed, it is barely associating at all. (Sddeutsche Zeitung), Valentin Schwarz inszeniert Rheingold bei den Bayreuther Festspielen als Auftakt seines Ring des Nibelungen. How healthy are India's 1.4 billion people? Monday, January 9, 2023 Alessandro nell'Indie and Bruno de S win Forum Opera readers' poll. Home; News; Encyclopera; Our references. 2.8. The audience, as much as the artists, must be prepared for a performance." Ein Nachtwchter Gnther Groissbck, July 2021: 26 (Christian Wildhagen, Neue Zrcher Zeitung), Intellektuell und sinnlich erweist sich der neue Bayreuther Ring schlielich als das Fiasko, an das man zuvor drei Abende lang trotzdem nicht glauben konnte. Oskar Manni Laudenbach. Juli 2022 um 20:25 Uhr bearbeitet. Bayreuth, Bayern, Deutschland Lehrauftrag "Choreografische Praxis" Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultt, Universitt Bayreuth . Bayreuth Festival 2022 Review: Das Rheingold Christa Mayer, Okka von der Damerau, Olafin Sigundason Shine in Valentin Schwarz's Confused Productions By Mauricio Villa (Credit: Enrico Nawrath) Controversy was in full force as the second run of performances of the Bayreuth's "Ring des Nibelungen" kicked off on August 10. Ekaterina Gubanova was a brilliant Brangne. In the past, the museum director has often been asked whichcelebrities will be in attendance. Austrian director Valentin Schwarzs new Ring presents the bold and searing idea that the original sin that drives Wagners world of power is the abuse of children. Woglinde Lee-an Dunbar 2022 (683) December 2022 (43) November 2022 (58 ) October 2022 . . Titurel Gnther Groissbck (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele). For those new to Wagner, the museum has also recently begun offering special tours on performance days under the theme "Festival for Beginners. He hid the orchestra under the stage to find a better communion between the audience and the stage without the barrier of the orchestra. Elisabeth Teiges Gutrune was not helped by the productionwho was?but was a convincing vocal performance. Wir wnschen allen Beteiligten Toi Toi Toi! How, asks Kuhn, did this nasty, this hairy and hideous imp beget a child with the proud Queen Grimhild? Perhaps using the power he has amassed by foreswearing love? August 14, 2022 16:00:00. Denn was ist tatschlich das Kostbarste? Long considered the embodiment of German high culture, Bayreuth's opera festival is the most famous Wagner festival in the World. 2022 saw the premieres of two new productions of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Bayreuth Festival in August and at Berlin's Staatsoper Unter den Linden in October. Currently, there is a 10-year waiting list for tickets. Der Ring des Nibelungen NYT Critic's Pick. This year he can confirmthat former Chancellor Angela Merkel will beshowing up. Spot On. 9.8. Siegfried Tannhuser The performances of the Walkre will be framed by commissioned works in various artistic genres that mirror, comment on, continue or re-experience all parts of the Ring des Nibelungen. (Claude Debussy on Parsifal), "The thing about Wagner is that there can be no true success in any production of his operas, only degrees of failure. If we take into consideration that the theatre at Bayreuth has no subtitles at all, people who are unfamiliar with these operas would be completely lost or get a complete different idea from Wagners poem. 22.8. Please check if you entered the email address correctly. 30.7. Her interpretation was chilling and full of pathos. Jul 2021 - Nov 2022 1 year 5 months. Review: A New Ring at Bayreuth Does Wagner Without Magic. Nathalie Stutzmann et Alexandre Tharaud. Fafner Wilhelm Schwinghammer That said, Gould shined in lyrical sections such as O sinkhernieder, nacht der liebe or So starben wir in Act two and the calmer moments during his long scene in act three, where the vocal writing is central and demands legato singing. In the cinema Reichshof. It is by any standards climactic. Nur: Was interessieren uns die Geissens? Per-Erik Skramstad - Wagneropera.net. Lohengrin Vorspiel Festival Bayreuth Baroque 2022. Concert with excerpts from Tannhuser, Rienzi and Tristan und Isolde. Lohengrin While taking in a divisive production of Der Ring des Nibelungen, it was quite refreshing to take in the August 12 performance of Tristan und Isolde and come away hearing deserved bravos and cheers. Robe On Location. Im ersten Aufzug begeistern Georg Zeppenfeld als sonorer, klarer und bsartiger Hunding und Lise Davidsen als prsente Sieglinde, mit einer bombigen Mittellage, ber die sie Tiefen und Hhen eindrcklich erreicht. It was the year after Wieland Wagner had died; to be able to see his productions was a total knock-out. 30.8. ), Cornelius Meister. (BR Klassik), Der Ring nimmt an Fahrt auf, was vor allem einer Reihe von exzellenten Snger:innen zu verdanken ist. Tannhuser Stephen Gould Bis eines dem anderen das Auge aussticht und das andere den einen entmannt. Lohengrin With an auditorium in which his music unfolds like in no other theatre in the world. There may be no definitive answer, yet it is hardly a question simply to be ignored or, worse, trivialised. Seit das Markgrfliche Opernhaus fertig restauriert wurde, findet dort Ende August das Festival Bayreuth Baroque statt. (Keith Warner, The Guardian), "I have never come across an audience with so much hatred, so much anger, such a thirst for revenge. Recorded (directed by Michael Beyer) at the Bayreuther Festspielhaus on 5.8.2022 and now available on STAGE+ until 14.11.2047. Lohengrin Olafur Sigurdarsons Alberich and Albert Dohmens were typically intelligent portrayals, founded in the poem and employing its musical marriage to considerable effect. If quality of diction came and went, there was much to appreciate in Irne Theorins Brnnhilde, who managed to maintain a considerable degree of dignity, events around here notwithstanding. 31.8. New Ring cycles are springing up as the worlds opera houses get back into their rhythms after the pandemic. Get your tickets here! Intermission As an audience member, one could certainly relate. Find Stephanie Stumph Photos stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. Hagen (Albert Dohmen) and Brnnhilde (Irene Theorin). News Completion Bayreuth Festival 2022! 6.8. It seems to speak more than anything of lack of acquaintance with Wagners work andwhich may or may not be fairsheer laziness. Ulrich Eisslinger Christopher Kaplan The ring we see this year is actually supposed to premiere in 2020, unsurprisingly due to the corona pandemic. Kunz Vogelgesang Tansel Akzeybek Bayreuth remains an extraordinary venue, its ambitious ability to mount a new cycle in a single season is remarkable, and the 150th anniversary Ring, to be mounted there in 2026, will doubtless be a global event. 10.8. Meanwhile all the love scenes or Tristans suffering in Act three are staged with a symbolic theatrical language. TAFF Festspielnacht am Goldbergsee Therefore his A flats and naturals sounded muffled and his vibrato became slow and unsteady. Valentin Schwarz Martin Kettle Mon 1 Aug 2022 06.11 EDT Last modified on Mon 1 Aug 2022 06.14 EDT ho knew? After 29 performances in the Festspielhaus, the 110th Bayreuth Festival comes to a successful close today. Wellgunde Stephanie Houtzeel Tristan und Isolde Berlin, Germany . #BFRing22 ALT 4 26 122 Show this thread Bayreuth Festival 2022: an unusual number of boos from the audience Conductor Cornelius Meister had to be satisfied with mixed reactions for his loud and sometimes ruthless conducting, from which Irne Theorin in particular suffered audibly as Brnnhilde. Andreas Schager was a wonderfully manic Siegfried, ringingly dauntless throughout his name opera. But when the Bayreuth Festival Theater opened in 1876, with the premiere of his full "Ring of the Nibelung" a four-opera, 15 . Conversely, Wilhelm Schwinghammer gave a strong interpretation of the short role of Fafner. "We are very happy to be virtually sold-out.". Categories: Bayreuth, FESTIVALS, Opera, retransmissions radiofniques Tags: Catherine Foster, Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Eberhard Friedrich, Ekaterina Gubanova, Georg Zeppenfeld, Jorge Rodrguez-Norton, Markus Eiche, Markus Poschner, OlafurSigurdarson, Raimund Nolte, Richard Wagner, Siyabonga Maqungo, Stephen Gould, Tristan The Nibelungs, a dwarf race, are represented in this production by little blond girls in uniform drawing pictures. The singers will be Christine Goerke, Gnther Groissbck and Klaus Florian Vogt. In the cinema Reichshof. Bampton Barbican Baroque at the Edge Bath Bayreuth Festival BBC BBC NOW BBCSSO BCMG Beethoven250 Berlin Birmingham Bolivia book review BREMF Brighton Bristol British Museum British Youth Opera Britten 100 Britten Sinfonia Brixton Brussels BSO Budapest Bury Court Opera . Director Barrie Kosky Alexandra Steiner (Waldvogel), Andreas Schager (Siegfried), Arnold Bezuyen (Mime) and Branko Buchberger (Hagen) in Siegfried, in Valentin Schwarzs staging for Bayreuth. It is true that their roles are very short and delegated to a few spare lines, but the baritone lacked the vocal power to sing heroic line likeHe da, He da, he do which turned out to be tedious and uninteresting. The latter production was added to the schedule at short notice in order to remain playable in the event of conceivable outbreaks of infection in the collectives, and will be on the schedule again next year. Her interpretation of Einsam wachend, which is on the most beautiful melodies written in this score, was extremely moving. Ein ereignisreicher Abend mit berragenden, traurigen und mittelmigen Momenten. He has a powerful, metallic voice that expands as he rises in the tessitura, creating great effects of dramatic tension. (Lance Ryan on the audiences at Bayreuth), "People sometimes complain that Wagner operas are too long, that they get stiff and sore about 10.30 because they have rushed in to hear one of his works straight from work and are not properly prepared for listening to his music. 21.8. At the most exciting musical theatre festival in the world. 25.8. Andy Besuch (costumes) 27.7. Reinhard Traub (lighting) 2022 16:00:00. It made for a long and dispiriting evening, though. Lighting Reinhard Traub Plus d'options Max Emanuel Cencic chante Haendel Festival Bayreuth Baroque 2022 Plus d'options. Und so weiter. The conception of this production of turning the giants into gangsters did not help him in portraying a menacing strong character deeply infatuated with the goddess Freia. Die Walkre Walkrenritt Die Walkre Abschied und Feuerzauber (Gnther Groissbck) Tristan - Stephen GouldMarke - Georg ZeppenfeldIsolde - Catherine FosterKurwenal - Markus EicheMelot - Olafur SigurdarsonBrangne - Ekaterina GubanovaEin Hir. The festspielhaus in Bayreuth is possibly the most unique opera house in the world. The staging is mostly dynamic with the exception of the first scene which turned out to be quite still and slow. Germany Bayreuth Festival 2021 - Wagner, Der fliegende Hollnder: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Oksana Lyniv (conductor). Ein junger Hirt Katharina Konradi (7/27, 8/2, 8/5), Alexandra Steiner ( Waldhter ihr (Gurnemanz, Ritter) - Act 1 (Remastered 2023, Bayreuth 1962)" and more. August 19, 2022 16:00:00. Gralsritter Tansel Akzeybek Georg Zeppenfeld an exemplary Hunding. Cornelius Meister, Staatsoper Stuttgart's General Music Director, will conduct the opening of this year's Bayreuth Festival.Meister will make his debut at the Festspielhaus on 25 July 2022 with Tristan und Isolde.Roland Schwab will be in charge of the production. But these perfect conditions for acoustics leave, on the other hand, the singers completely exposed and every mistake is noticeable. Tristan und Isolde 26.7. Why should we care, if that is all there is? Johannes Brahms Symphonie Nr. Tristan und Isolde There is, it seems, no getting around thatand it is unclear why Schwarz, Kuhn, and company are so determined to try. Vor allem mit dem Familienoberhaupt gibt es Probleme. Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival, 7-17 September 2023, Margravial Opera House, Bayreuth - Program Der fliegende Hollnder It was there, but Brnnhilde kept it, storing up various trouble for a final scene to the first act. The opther three operas are delayed to 2022. Hans Sachs Michael Volle Valentin Schwarz erntet fr seine wenig schlssige Neuinszenierung von Richard Wagners Ring des Nibelungen fast einhellige Ablehnung. This article was originally written in German, Sexism allegations overshadow Bayreuth Festival. In Die Walkre, successfully subverting another big moment to the horror of traditionalists, he placed the final focus of the opera on Frickas futile triumph over Wotan, not on Wotans farewell to his daughter Brnnhilde. Knappe Attilio Glaser Okka von der Damerau sang the short but lucid role of Erda. Olafur Sigurdarson was a fine and plausible Alberich. We can give unqualified recommendations for the two (2) streams listed below: Radio Clasica de Espana KEY TO READING THE SCHEDULE 26.8. Olafur Sigurdarson, Syabonga Maqungo,Raimund Nolte and Jorge Rodrguez-Norton were brilliant in their supportive short roles of Melot, Junger Seemann, Ein Steuermann and Ein Hirt, respectively. Buy tickets for every upcoming concert, festival, gig and tour date taking place in Bayreuth in 2023 & 2024. Venus Ekaterina Gubanova 2022-06-22 M Albrecht Budapest . Thielemann was 28 when he made his Vienna State Opera debut in 1987. There is so much in these bloody pieces, all you can do is try to live up to them." Heftige Buhgewitter gab es auch. The Bayreuth Festival in Germany has announced its 2023 program. Klaus Florian Vogt, in his element as Lohengrin under Thielemann, brought his otherworldly tone to Siegmund too, outstanding in the annunciation of death scene with Brnnhilde, but less effective in conveying the characters tortured loneliness. "COVID has unfortunately also led to a loss of audience, many houses are noticing this with a sharp drop in subscribers as well," she told the German press agency dpa. The only truly standout performance was Lise Davidsens Sieglinde, a performance for the ages. Waltraute Christa Meyer Walther von der Vogelweide Magnus Vigilius (Schwarzwlder Bote), Schnitzeljagd fr Wagner-Nerds: Der schreckliche Drache ist ein todkranker, uralter Mann. Gtterdmmerung Stream songs including "Parsifal: Vorspiel - Act 1 (Remastered 2023, Bayreuth 1962)", "Parsifal: He! Audiences journey from around the world to Bayreuth to watch the Ring Cycle whenever it is staged; Wagners purpose-built theatre still has tremendous allure and mystique. But there is no magic in this production and the fight for the ring in scenes three and four is, to be blunt, ridiculous and confusing. (Claude Debussy on Parsifal), "The thing about Wagner is that there can be no true success in any production of his operas, only degrees of failure. Er hofft auf die anderen drei Teile. Here on xscores you can find all detailed information about Spvgg Bayreuth vs Vfb Oldenburg match - 2022-2023, previous match results sorted by their H2H and standings. Important castings were changed right up to the first performances, with Tomasz Konieczny injuring himself when a chair broke during Die Walkre, requiring Michael Kupfer-Radetzky to make a successful substitution at very short notice, and Clay Hilley stepping in for Stephen Gould as Siegfried in Gtterdmmerung at the last minute. Markus Poscher offered an emotional reading of the score, giving special emphasis to the multiple crescendos and silences throughout. Press Release Stuttgart, 25 February 2022. 20.8. He does not have the basso-profondo voice that this role requires and therefore he lacked vocal power. 18.8. Siegfried (Judith von Sternburg, Frankfurter Rundschau), Christian Thielemann bringt Bayreuth zurck, wo es musikalisch hingehrt! 15.8. Its also completely comprehensible, something rarely common nowadays in the world of Regietheater. Hagen Albert Dohmen ", "I had the feeling that more and more people were coming to Bayreuth for the first time, rather than for 30 or 40 years," museum director Sven Friedrich toldDW. Messen&Events. So many important questions, moreover, are treated similarly. Schwab manages to find a perfect balance between the story, which can be clearly understood and all the philosophical/metaphysical concepts that are a constant throughout the opera, creating moments that have a realistic natural approach (the first act until they drink the love potion or Markes monologue in Act two). After two constricted pandemic years, the Bayreuth Festival is back with an unprecedented line-up of Wagner operas and full houses.Those attending this . Advertisement Those attending this. Max Emanuel Cencic chante Haendel au Festival Bayreuth Baroque 2022. I suppose a cyclical turn will appeal to some who insist on referring to the Ring as a cycle, when it is nothing of the sort. Best of 2022: Opera A pocket 'Patience' sits alongside perfect Poulenc from Glyndebourne and concert Handel theartsdesk in Brno - a visionary at home in his 'Moravian Bayreuth . This years Discourse Bayreuth also went out into the city and into nature. Ho! Das Festival junger Knstler Bayreuth ist eine jhrlich zur Zeit der Bayreuther Festspiele stattfindende Veranstaltung fr junge Musiker und Knstler aus aller Welt. It is hardly unusual for the gods to have nothing god-like to them at any stage whatsoever, though such is at best a one-sided view. Eine Altstimme Simone Schrder, Puristen-Parsifal: Thielemann rockt (Festspielblog.de), Christian Thielemann dirigiert in einer starken Bayreuther Saison einen genialen Parsifal im Festspielhaus (Frankfurter Rundschau), Sopran: Christine Goerke It makes you a little bit scared, and it's really quite terrifying." There was a foretaste last year at a multimedia "Ring" performance, which included a production of "The Valkyries" by Austrian action artist Hermann Nitsch. And OperaWire came about as a desire to take in as much of it and allow the passionate fan base access to everything this wondrous art form has to offer on a daily basis. Built entirely to the specifications of one man, Richard Wagner, it was designed solely for the showing of Wagner's monumental works. Construction work on the stage tower will be completed next year, and 6 wheelchair spaces and a passenger elevator will then be available in the tower on the right. Ultimately, this was a magnificent performance where the production, the cast and the musicians were excellent and therefore were correspondingly lauded by Bayreuths passionate audience at the curtain call, something which was rarely seen at this years festival. 2. A tale of sex und crime: Just who are the Nibelungs? Die Neuproduktion Der Ring des Nibelungen" feiert seine Premiere in der Inszenierung von Valentin Schwarz und unter der musikalischen Leitung von @corn_iusmeister . Gutrune (Elisabeth Teige), taking a selfie, and Gunther (Michael Kupfer-Radecky) on the sofa. According to the announcement, the new production for 2023 is "Parsifal. Loiseau de feu de Stravinsky - Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. In the libretto, Tristan and Isolda are only truly united when they die, as this is the only moment when they can be totally free and love each other without conditions.